Ben Allen · California Insurance Commissioner race

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Ben Allen?

Ben Allen wants to be California’s top insurance regulator. The insurance industry has already given him $114,050, and corporations and industry groups have given his campaigns $1.88 million.

$114,050from insurers, health plans, their PACs and insurance trade groups

$1,880,543from corporations, corporate PACs and trade associations

1,134how many times Ben has taken corporate and industry checks

Ben Allen’s corporate cash

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INSURANCE INDUSTRY$114,05076 contributions · 31 companies and groups

The industry he wants to regulate has been funding his career.

Ben Allen is running to become California's Insurance Commissioner, the official who regulates insurance companies. Since 2014, insurers, health plans, their PACs and insurance trade groups have given him $114,050. He pledged not to take insurance industry money on his current campaign — but he already had. He returned four insurer donations, $6,900 in all, only after news reports exposed them.

Insurers, health plans, their PACs and insurance trade groups

Access Dental Plan$1,000Access Dental Plan1 gift: 9/25/14
ACE American Insurance$1,200ACE American Insurance1 gift: 4/2/24$1,200 returned by the campaign after public reporting
$1,000Aflac1 gift: 9/24/14
$4,000American Bankers Insurance2 gifts: 6/1/16, 7/26/18
American Insurance Assn.$1,000American Insurance Assn.1 gift: 9/18/14
$5,100Anthem Blue Cross3 gifts: 8/27/14, 10/30/14, 6/30/15
Assn. of California Insurance Cos.$2,500Assn. of California Insurance Cos.2 gifts: 9/15/14, 7/17/15
Assn. of California Life & Health Insurance Cos.$1,000Assn. of California Life & Health Insurance Cos.1 gift: 9/2/14
$11,600Blue Shield of California5 gifts: 10/31/14, 7/10/15, 4/22/16, 3/19/18, 9/24/20
California Assn. of Health Underwriters$2,000California Assn. of Health Underwriters1 gift: 10/28/14
$5,100Centene4 gifts: 5/7/19, 3/9/20, 6/1/21, 10/20/25
$1,000Cigna Health and Life Insurance1 gift: 6/28/17
$1,000Continental Casualty1 gift: 11/4/14
$10,700Cooperative of American Physicians7 gifts: 10/14/14, 3/3/15, 3/4/16, 3/11/16, 5/3/16, 3/19/21, 5/14/21
$6,500Farmers Insurance3 gifts: 9/30/14, 10/5/18, 8/13/19
$1,000First American Title Insurance1 gift: 3/3/15
$1,500GEICO1 gift: 10/1/14
Independent Insurance PAC (IIPAC)$4,300Independent Insurance PAC (IIPAC)4 gifts: 9/10/14, 2/11/16, 8/30/16, 10/15/18
$8,100Medical Insurance Exchange of California5 gifts: 8/20/14, 12/22/14, 12/29/14 (-$1,000 returned), 3/3/15, 4/15/16, 3/19/21$1,500 returned by the campaign after public reporting
$1,000Mercury General1 gift: 10/17/14
$2,500Molina Healthcare1 gift: 5/11/18
NAIFA/California$1,000NAIFA/California1 gift: 12/15/14
Norcal Mutual (MICRA PAC)$4,100Norcal Mutual (MICRA PAC)2 gifts: 10/7/14, 10/28/14
PacifcComp$1,000PacifcComp1 gift: 9/22/14
Personal Insurance Federation of CA$11,800Personal Insurance Federation of CA9 gifts: 9/22/14, 9/30/14, 2/24/15, 10/11/16, 4/27/17 x2, 8/28/19 x2, 2/20/20
$750Progressive1 gift: 9/30/14
The Dentists Insurance Company$2,000The Dentists Insurance Company1 gift: 4/19/16
$14,100The Doctors Company11 gifts: 9/3/14, 9/9/14, 3/16/15, 7/10/15, 3/11/16, 4/19/16 x2, 5/13/16, 3/19/21, 5/31/22, 8/22/22
$2,000The Hartford2 gifts: 9/16/14, 7/17/15
$3,000USAA1 gift: 10/28/21$3,000 returned by the campaign after public reporting
$1,200Zurich American Insurance1 gift: 2/22/24$1,200 returned by the campaign after public reporting

INSURANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTERS$41,50011 contributions · 9 companies and groups

Ben is currently taking money from the for-profit claims adjusters who are licensed by the office he’s running for.

Public adjusting and claims firms (company gifts only; individual adjusters are not shown)

888 Claims$6,000888 Claims1 gift: 5/4/26
$2,500Ace Public Adjusters1 gift: 5/6/26
ARM Claims (Norcal Public Adjusters)$2,500ARM Claims (Norcal Public Adjusters)1 gift: 5/4/26
Claims Specialists$7,000Claims Specialists1 gift: 5/6/26
$12,000Claims XP3 gifts: 5/4/26, 5/30/26 x2
Crown Adjusting$1,000Crown Adjusting1 gift: 8/23/26
SunPoint Public Adjusters$5,000SunPoint Public Adjusters1 gift: 5/4/26
TIR Public Adjusters$500TIR Public Adjusters1 gift: 5/4/26
Yellow Claims$5,000Yellow Claims1 gift: 4/1/26

UTILITIES AND FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES$44,35026 contributions · 7 companies and groups

Ben's campaign has taken money from the industries burning down our state and driving our climate crisis.

Electric and gas utilities, and oil, natural gas and fossil-fuel power companies

$10,400Calpine6 gifts: 9/6/16, 11/5/21, 4/4/22, 6/1/22, 6/28/24, 3/3/26
$1,500Chevron1 gift: 4/10/15
$7,100Clean Energy Fuels3 gifts: 10/22/14, 4/18/16, 10/20/16
$3,000NRG Energy2 gifts: 9/18/15, 4/28/16
$5,000PG&E4 gifts: 9/4/14, 10/21/14, 4/30/15, 9/29/17
$2,550Sempra Energy3 gifts: 3/9/15, 10/9/15, 9/22/16
$14,800Southern California Edison7 gifts: 12/31/14, 5/15/15, 7/30/15, 4/28/16, 8/30/16, 2/18/20, 11/5/21

BIG PHARMA$49,30031 contributions · 14 companies and groups

$5,000Abbott2 gifts: 5/15/17, 9/13/22
$3,000AbbVie2 gifts: 9/26/16, 6/21/17
$1,000Alkermes1 gift: 7/13/17
$6,200Astellas4 gifts: 9/26/16, 10/24/16, 6/16/17 x2
$6,500AstraZeneca4 gifts: 11/20/15, 6/2/17, 9/21/20, 5/23/22
$3,000Eli Lilly2 gifts: 10/2/14, 7/17/17
$4,500Genentech3 gifts: 7/6/16, 4/27/17, 10/19/18
$1,300Gilead Sciences1 gift: 6/6/22
$1,300Mallinckrodt1 gift: 3/31/17
$1,500Merck Sharp & Dohme1 gift: 10/27/15
$1,500Novartis Finance1 gift: 5/15/17
$4,500Pfizer4 gifts: 7/8/15, 6/29/16, 6/2/17 x2
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Assn. of America$9,000Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Assn. of America4 gifts: 12/30/16, 5/15/17, 3/3/20, 6/30/26
$1,000Takeda Pharmaceutical U.S.A. & Affiliates1 gift: 10/2/14

BIG TECH COMPANIES$59,00026 contributions · 8 companies and groups

$4,500Airbnb3 gifts: 11/2/18, 11/8/19, 8/9/24
$9,200Amazon3 gifts: 11/6/17, 7/7/20, 10/10/22
$2,000DoorDash1 gift: 9/7/22
$20,000Facebook / Meta6 gifts: 5/25/16, 11/9/17, 7/5/18, 6/20/19, 10/5/20, 10/17/24
$13,900Google7 gifts: 3/18/16, 6/29/16, 6/2/17, 10/11/18, 12/30/19, 9/16/24, 11/1/24
$3,000Lyft3 gifts: 9/6/16, 11/16/17, 10/31/18
$4,400Microsoft2 gifts: 4/15/16, 8/18/17
$2,000Uber Technologies1 gift: 10/9/18

PLASTICS AND CHEMICAL COMPANIES$17,50013 contributions · 4 companies and groups

$2,000Chemours2 gifts: 6/11/18, 1/11/22
$10,500Dart Container8 gifts: 7/17/15, 5/13/16, 10/18/16 x2, 7/7/17 x2, 10/29/18, 10/2/19
$1,000Lyondell Chemical1 gift: 6/27/22
$4,000Novolex2 gifts: 9/7/22, 6/21/24

PAYDAY LENDERS AND DEBT COLLECTORS$9,8008 contributions · 6 companies and groups

Asset Recovery Assn.$2,000Asset Recovery Assn.1 gift: 5/30/26
Axcess Financial Services$1,000Axcess Financial Services1 gift: 11/3/14
CA Financial Services Assn.$1,000CA Financial Services Assn.1 gift: 9/23/14
California Assn. of Collectors$3,300California Assn. of Collectors3 gifts: 9/15/14, 6/16/17, 4/30/18
$1,500Check into Cash1 gift: 7/7/17
$1,000Encore Capital Group1 gift: 12/21/16

CHARTER SCHOOLS$27,70019 contributions · 2 companies and groups

$16,400California Charter Schools Association10 gifts: 11/3/14, 6/30/15, 2/19/16, 4/22/16, 4/5/17 x2, 6/30/17, 4/16/18, 2/3/22, 8/18/22
$11,300EdVoice for the Kids9 gifts: 9/30/14, 6/30/15, 2/4/16, 9/9/16 x2, 3/20/17 x2, 6/20/17, 12/29/23

PRIVATE PRISONS$7,0004 contributions · 2 companies and groups

$4,000CoreCivic3 gifts: 10/21/14, 9/18/15, 6/16/17
$3,000GEO Group1 gift: 5/9/18

DEFENSE CONTRACTORS$22,70015 contributions · 3 companies and groups

$14,500Boeing11 gifts: 10/28/14, 11/2/15, 9/8/16, 10/16/17 x2, 10/22/18, 8/13/19, 9/15/20, 9/14/21 x2, 9/8/22
$1,000Lockheed Martin1 gift: 10/18/22
$7,200Northrop Grumman3 gifts: 6/14/17, 9/18/19, 10/26/20

HUNDREDS OF OTHER CORPORATIONS$758,231431 contributions · 181 companies shown

$1,3001-800 Contacts1 gift: 9/21/22
$1,0007-Eleven1 gift: 12/18/15
$1,000Adtalem Global Education1 gift: 5/7/18
$4,000AECOM2 gifts: 6/30/14 x2
$1,000AES1 gift: 12/22/14
$6,500Alaska Airlines5 gifts: 8/30/16, 10/22/18, 12/26/19, 11/22/21, 10/17/22
$2,000Alticor (Amway)2 gifts: 4/29/15, 12/2/19
$1,714American Airlines2 gifts: 3/19/15, 11/5/15
$3,500American Traffic Solutions2 gifts: 10/29/20, 9/3/24
$17,300Anheuser-Busch5 gifts: 12/15/14, 3/18/16, 6/11/18, 11/1/19, 5/18/20
$2,000Apollo Education Group1 gift: 8/3/17
$1,300Arnold and Porter Partners1 gift: 11/1/19
$13,000AT&T11 gifts: 12/15/14, 3/16/15, 7/30/15, 11/20/15 x3, 3/31/17 x2, 9/1/17, 6/30/20, 8/24/22
$4,200Best Best & Krieger2 gifts: 10/13/17, 11/22/19
Black Equities$5,000Black Equities3 gifts: 5/16/14, 7/29/14, 9/15/14
$4,500Bloom Energy2 gifts: 10/23/20, 6/30/21
$3,300Blue Diamond Growers2 gifts: 9/3/19, 11/19/21
$2,500BNSF Railway1 gift: 8/25/22
$300Brian S. Boxer Wachler A Medical1 gift: 9/8/14
$2,000Bridgepoint Education2 gifts: 10/27/15, 5/18/16
$2,000Burrtec Waste Industries1 gift: 12/10/19
$6,000California American Water3 gifts: 7/11/19, 3/16/26, 3/26/26
$19,400California Water Service6 gifts: 7/11/19, 3/2/20, 8/19/20, 3/17/26, 5/19/26 x2
Cambridge Healthcare Services$2,000Cambridge Healthcare Services1 gift: 10/29/14
$1,000Caterpillar California Dealers1 gift: 10/22/14
$1,500ChamberPAC1 gift: 3/9/15
$12,900Charter Communications8 gifts: 12/30/16, 5/9/17, 8/25/17 x2, 5/29/18, 11/8/19, 10/1/20, 6/25/21
$2,600Clorox2 gifts: 2/21/19, 5/30/19
$3,500CMTA Political Action2 gifts: 11/3/14, 2/4/15
$1,000Coca-Cola North America1 gift: 6/29/18
$14,800Comcast7 gifts: 7/28/16, 5/9/17, 11/2/18, 2/27/26 x3, 5/29/26
$7,000Comerica4 gifts: 11/4/16, 10/8/18, 7/28/20, 8/5/22
$1,000Continental Development1 gift: 10/28/14
$2,500Covanta1 gift: 6/27/17
$9,308Cox Communications5 gifts: 12/5/17, 5/19/18, 10/4/18, 10/25/18, 2/20/26
$500Crescent Heights of America1 gift: 6/17/14
$8,000Cruise2 gifts: 8/26/22, 2/26/24
$4,000CVS Caremark2 gifts: 12/31/14, 10/15/18
Dakota Communications$2,000Dakota Communications1 gift: 9/22/16
$2,000DaVita1 gift: 5/14/18
$1,000Del Mar Thoroughbred Club2 gifts: 3/16/15, 12/4/15
$6,000Deloitte4 gifts: 10/25/18, 6/7/19, 9/20/19, 3/3/20
$1,000Delta Airlines1 gift: 10/15/18
Delta Wetlands Properties$2,000Delta Wetlands Properties1 gift: 5/15/15
$2,500Dentsply Sirona2 gifts: 9/16/22, 11/2/23
$1,000DeVry Educational Group1 gift: 2/3/17
$3,000Diageo2 gifts: 10/29/14, 6/11/21
$3,500DIRECTV2 gifts: 11/4/14, 8/5/26
$13,000Disney12 gifts: 9/25/15, 9/6/16, 9/15/17, 6/14/18, 8/19/19, 10/1/20, 6/30/21, 5/27/22 x2, 9/7/22, 8/17/23, 10/31/25
Eagle Crest Energy$2,000Eagle Crest Energy1 gift: 10/26/20
$3,500eBay3 gifts: 7/23/18, 7/15/21, 10/14/24
$3,000Education Management2 gifts: 3/16/15, 1/7/16
$2,000Ensign Facility Services1 gift: 10/18/14
$5,300Enterprise Holdings4 gifts: 9/25/14, 9/3/19, 5/31/24, 10/28/24
$2,000Ernst & Young2 gifts: 8/12/15, 5/30/19
$4,500Experian3 gifts: 10/2/19, 11/5/21, 3/9/22
$11,400FanDuel4 gifts: 8/30/24 x2, 9/3/24, 9/10/24 (-$5,500 returned), 7/18/25
$9,000Ford5 gifts: 8/3/17, 8/22/18, 9/10/21, 8/29/23, 10/18/23
$21,400Fox9 gifts: 10/5/14, 4/28/16, 6/21/17 x2, 6/4/18, 6/30/20, 6/8/21, 5/15/23, 5/26/26
$1,500Fresenius Medical Care1 gift: 8/29/22
$2,000FuelCell Energy3 gifts: 8/18/14, 4/28/16, 9/22/16
$13,200General Motors10 gifts: 7/6/16, 10/27/16, 8/18/17, 10/31/18, 6/25/19, 6/15/20 x2, 7/15/21 x2, 4/3/24
$14,600Ghost Management Group4 gifts: 5/7/18, 10/15/18, 9/18/19, 9/9/20
$1,500GMRI1 gift: 11/1/22
$7,500Golden State Water5 gifts: 5/24/19, 10/12/20, 4/2/21 x2, 3/19/26
$3,000GoodLeap1 gift: 6/8/26
$3,000Green Diamond Resource3 gifts: 6/27/19, 3/12/20, 4/9/21
$2,500Greenberg Traurig2 gifts: 3/5/18, 6/12/25
$1,000Greene Broillet & Wheeler1 gift: 5/17/16
$4,700Guinn Construction1 gift: 12/23/19
$2,500Hanwha Q Cells1 gift: 5/29/26
$4,700Hewlett Packard Enterprise4 gifts: 6/15/16, 6/29/17, 5/9/18, 4/5/19
$750HNTB Holdings3 gifts: 4/26/18, 10/15/18, 12/31/18 (-$750 returned), 8/18/20
$2,000Holland & Knight1 gift: 10/9/18
$11,800Honeywell5 gifts: 2/14/17, 6/7/19, 12/27/21 x2, 10/12/22
$3,500HP2 gifts: 3/19/18, 6/29/19
$3,400Hudson Pacific Properties1 gift: 5/17/18
$5,000Humboldt Redwood5 gifts: 6/28/19, 9/3/20, 4/9/21, 5/23/24, 9/9/24
$4,100Huntley Santa Monica Beach1 gift: 9/30/14
$1,000Injured Workers Pharamcy1 gift: 11/17/15
$2,000Intersect Power1 gift: 8/9/23
$1,000Jacobs1 gift: 11/30/25
$1,000Jpmorgan Chase & Co.1 gift: 3/25/15
KALL Accountancy$5,000KALL Accountancy1 gift: 6/2/26
$500KB Home1 gift: 4/11/16
$3,000Kindred Healthcare Operating2 gifts: 10/15/14, 9/28/23
$3,500Kinecta Federal Credit Union4 gifts: 8/11/20, 12/21/21, 10/17/22, 12/11/23
$3,000KPMG2 gifts: 5/30/19, 2/27/20
$3,000Live Nation1 gift: 8/5/25
$10,000LKQ3 gifts: 11/30/23, 10/8/24, 10/17/25
$4,400Los Angeles Football Club1 gift: 4/29/18
$4,700LS Power1 gift: 9/30/20
Lubricating Specialties$3,000Lubricating Specialties1 gift: 2/29/16
$1,500Luxottica1 gift: 8/12/15
$4,500Manatt, Phelps & Phillips4 gifts: 7/23/15, 5/6/16, 6/21/17, 12/27/21
Mani Brothers$2,500Mani Brothers1 gift: 1/21/16
$1,500MarBorg Industries1 gift: 1/13/20
$8,771Mattel4 gifts: 11/7/16, 10/22/18, 10/5/20, 6/14/23
$8,200Maximus2 gifts: 5/23/14, 10/21/14
$1,000Mayer Brown1 gift: 1/2/18
$5,000McDonald's2 gifts: 9/29/23, 7/9/24
$1,500McLane1 gift: 5/30/23
$5,000Merlin Law Group1 gift: 5/4/26
$500Metropolitan Theatres1 gift: 5/6/18
$2,000Miller Barondess2 gifts: 5/23/14, 9/25/14
$9,000Molson Coors Beverage4 gifts: 7/9/21, 9/30/22, 10/30/23, 8/2/24
$1,500Motional AD1 gift: 6/27/23
$5,000NBCUniversal3 gifts: 6/9/22, 10/20/22, 10/17/24
$2,000Newlight Technologies1 gift: 7/20/22
$4,500NextEra Energy2 gifts: 7/16/18, 12/27/24
$1,000Nike1 gift: 6/28/19
$11,700Nossaman9 gifts: 11/2/15, 9/8/17, 6/25/18, 7/16/18, 3/21/19, 6/7/19, 9/3/19, 5/31/22, 10/31/22
$2,000O'Melveny & Myers2 gifts: 6/19/14, 8/7/18
$2,000Oracle1 gift: 10/24/17
$500Orange Barrel Media1 gift: 9/22/16
$2,500Outfront Media1 gift: 10/18/16
$500Palm Springs Disposal Services1 gift: 12/12/19
$6,350Paramount Pictures2 gifts: 9/22/16, 9/16/19
$4,900Park West Casinos1 gift: 10/25/22
$2,000PayPal1 gift: 10/13/17
$5,435PepsiCo4 gifts: 9/25/14, 10/14/14, 9/18/15, 12/15/17
$1,000Pitney Bowes2 gifts: 10/5/16, 7/13/17
$3,000PwC3 gifts: 8/12/15, 5/30/19, 11/28/23
$1,000Qualcomm1 gift: 11/9/16
$2,000Quest Diagnostics2 gifts: 10/24/18, 10/12/22
$4,700Recology1 gift: 10/18/19
$21,200Republic Services12 gifts: 6/30/14, 2/13/20, 3/26/21 x2, 9/1/21, 5/18/23, 1/29/24, 8/26/24, 3/10/26 x2, 4/30/26, 6/1/26
$2,000Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling2 gifts: 12/3/19, 11/30/21
$3,000Rite Aid3 gifts: 9/30/14, 5/15/19, 9/23/21
RMC Geoscience$4,700RMC Geoscience1 gift: 12/23/19
$2,000Royal Caribbean1 gift: 8/5/24
$4,000Safeway / Albertsons3 gifts: 2/24/15, 7/17/15, 2/14/17
$7,000Salesforce.com5 gifts: 1/23/20, 9/28/20, 11/22/21 x2, 10/17/22
$2,000San Francisco Bar Pilots1 gift: 5/9/17
$4,000San Gabriel Valley Water3 gifts: 7/11/19, 4/16/21, 4/9/26
$500San Jose Water1 gift: 4/6/26
Santa Monica Business Park$4,100Santa Monica Business Park1 gift: 5/19/14
$3,000Sierra Pacific Industries3 gifts: 6/29/19, 7/7/20, 4/30/21
$2,000SolarCity2 gifts: 10/9/15, 5/12/16
$500Sony Pictures Ent.1 gift: 10/16/17
$9,400Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits2 gifts: 4/5/19 x2
$6,000Southwest Airlines5 gifts: 4/19/19, 10/14/21, 4/14/22, 6/15/23, 4/26/24
Spieker Realty Investments$4,400Spieker Realty Investments1 gift: 12/13/17
$1,000Sprint1 gift: 6/9/17
Straight Smile$2,500Straight Smile1 gift: 12/31/21
$6,000StubHub2 gifts: 11/18/24, 3/26/26
$1,000Sunkist1 gift: 6/11/19
$2,000Sunrun2 gifts: 6/27/18, 9/19/23
$2,000Sysco1 gift: 10/30/20
$8,000T-Mobile USA4 gifts: 11/5/21, 8/31/22 x2, 6/11/26
$6,703TechNet5 gifts: 8/29/17, 1/22/18 x2, 6/6/18, 11/5/18
$3,500TELACU Industries2 gifts: 12/31/25, 5/26/26
$3,000Tenet Health2 gifts: 4/11/16, 8/7/18
$2,000Terra-Gen2 gifts: 8/10/16, 5/9/17
$1,000Tesla1 gift: 7/9/18
$6,500The Albright4 gifts: 3/31/14, 1/29/16, 2/4/17 x2
$9,000The Wonderful Company4 gifts: 10/9/14, 3/16/15, 4/11/16, 1/25/19
$4,000Time Warner Cable1 gift: 4/1/16
$500Tom Wiscombe Architecture1 gift: 8/12/16
$3,500TOMRA2 gifts: 12/2/19, 11/24/20
$1,000Tracfone Wireless1 gift: 6/30/15
$5,000Troutman Pepper Locke1 gift: 3/13/26
$2,000UFC (Zuffa)1 gift: 12/29/20
$6,000Union Pacific3 gifts: 2/5/21, 9/7/22, 9/21/24
$7,600United Airlines5 gifts: 10/5/17, 8/21/18, 10/30/20, 11/22/21, 11/4/22
$7,100Universal Music Group5 gifts: 11/19/21, 10/13/22, 7/26/23, 8/9/24, 9/25/25
$1,000UPSPAC1 gift: 5/12/16
$1,250Valley Vista Services1 gift: 2/13/20
$7,000Verizon3 gifts: 10/15/14, 10/16/15, 10/11/16
$2,300Visa2 gifts: 10/13/17, 8/1/18
$5,500Walgreens3 gifts: 8/25/17, 5/18/20, 6/30/21
$1,250Ware Disposal1 gift: 2/13/20
$9,500Warner Bros. Entertainment5 gifts: 9/29/14, 5/17/16, 6/29/17, 7/13/21, 5/26/22
$9,500Waste Management5 gifts: 8/26/14, 11/19/21, 7/20/22, 10/21/24, 6/24/25
$7,000Wells Fargo5 gifts: 12/21/15, 10/22/18, 6/29/20, 10/7/20, 11/7/22
Western Gravel and Roofing Supply$2,500Western Gravel and Roofing Supply1 gift: 8/24/26
$4,100Western Growers2 gifts: 9/16/14, 10/27/14
$1,500Western United Dairymen STPAC1 gift: 10/28/14
$3,700William Morris Endeavor2 gifts: 11/5/18, 10/2/19
$1,000Ygrene Energy Fund1 gift: 11/2/20
$1,000Yum Brands1 gift: 10/20/14

Ben argued his insurance industry funding doesn’t matter by claiming Jane has also taken industry money. Compare their records yourself:

JANE KIM

from insurers, health plans, their PACs and insurance trade groups

BEN ALLEN

$114,050

from insurers, health plans, their PACs and insurance trade groups

Source of money	Jane Kim	Ben Allen
Insurance carriers giving directly	$0	$46,950 from 19 companies
Insurer-sponsored PACs	$0	$43,500
Insurance trade-group PACs	$0	$23,600
Public adjusters and claims firms	$0	$50,350 (claims firms $41,500; individual adjusters $8,850)
Small insurance agencies	$1,250 from two local agencies (2016)	None found
Individual agents, brokers and insurance employees	$16,750 (2010 to 2026)	$10,300 (2014 to 2026)

In summary: Jane has received $16,750 from individual agents, brokers and insurance employees since 2010, and $1,250 from two small local agencies. Ben has received $114,050 from insurers, health plans, their PACs and insurance trade groups since 2014, plus $41,500 from claims adjusting firms and more from individual agents, brokers and adjusters. He returned four insurer donations he had transferred to his current campaign, $6,900 in all, after news reports exposed them. Jane Kim has never taken a donation from an insurer, insurer PAC or insurance trade group — ever. Ben has dozens of times.

Insurance totals count itemized gifts of $100 or more, including the four insurer gifts Ben later returned ($6,900). Source: campaign finance filings (Form 460) with the California Secretary of State, the San Francisco Ethics Commission and the City of Santa Monica.

Ben’s Big Spenders

Chris Larsen

Crypto billionaire and chairman of Ripple

$2,980,687$2,970,887 to the two committees spending to elect Ben, plus $9,800 directly to Ben’s campaign

Larsen’s company, Ripple, gave $93 million to Fairshake, the crypto super PAC that funds Republican candidates across the country. Ripple also gave $4.9 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee.

Sources: Cal-Access: Californians for an Affordable Future · Cal-Access: Californians for Affordable Insurance · Bloomberg, Oct. 2026 · FactCheck.org on Fairshake

Bill Bloomfield

Political megadonor

$336,400$300,000 to the California Business Roundtable’s committee backing Ben, plus $36,400 directly to Ben’s campaigns since 2014

A mega donor who backed George W. Bush, John McCain and Meg Whitman, Bloomfield is one of California’s biggest charter-school funders.

Sources: Cal-Access: Californians for Affordable Insurance · Capital & Main

Leonard Schaeffer

Health insurance CEO

$5,000to Ben Allen for Insurance Commissioner 2026

WellPoint, the health insurer Schaeffer led, was the parent of Blue Cross of California and is now part of Anthem.

Sources: Corporate Research Project · Cal-Access filing

A donor’s record is not a candidate’s own. These individuals are listed because they gave large sums to Ben Allen’s campaigns or to the independent committees supporting him, and the public record raises concerns relevant to this race. Every fact comes from the linked filings and reporting.

Sources and method

Every figure comes from public campaign finance filings (FPPC Form 460). Each office below lets you look up a committee by name or ID and open its filings.

Jane Kim's committees

Committee	Filed with	Where to find it	ID
Jane Kim for Insurance Commissioner 2026	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	FPPC #1485530
Jane Kim for State Senate 2016	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	Search by name
Jane Kim for Mayor 2018	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1400832
Jane Kim for Supervisor, 2014	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1361734
Jane Kim for Supervisor, 2010	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1324277
Jane Kim for School Board (2006 to 2011)	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1289332
Jane Kim for School Board (2004 to 2005)	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1266745
Jane Kim for SF Democratic County Central Committee 2016 and 2020	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1385346
Jane Kim for SF Central Committee 2020	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1423284
Jane Kim for San Francisco Central Committee 2024	San Francisco Ethics Commission	SF Netfile public access	1461859

Ben Allen's committees

Committee	Filed with	Where to find it	ID
Ben Allen for Insurance Commissioner 2026	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	1483889
Ben Allen for Board of Equalization 2026	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	1480114
Ben Allen for Treasurer 2026	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	1458568
Ben Allen for State Senate 2022	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	1414553
Ben Allen for State Senate 2018	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	1374149
Ben Allen for State Senate 2014	California Secretary of State	Cal-Access campaign finance	1363860
Friends of Ben Allen (School Board 2008 and 2012)	City of Santa Monica	Santa Monica Netfile public access	1309968

News coverage

POLITICO Pro, Feb. 3, 2026: "Allen to return fraught insurance campaign donations" (subscription required).

Only itemized contributions of $100 or more are named in these filings. Insurance donors were identified by name, employer and occupation.

Figures come from public campaign finance filings, last updated 2026-10-09. Company logos are trademarks of their owners, shown only to identify campaign donors. No affiliation with or endorsement by any company is implied. Each total is that company's gifts across all of Ben Allen's committees, combined with its corporate PAC and name variants. Related names that share one logo are combined into one tile: AECOM (AECOM Technology, AECOM US Federal); Airbnb (Airbnb, Airbnb, Air BnB); California Charter Schools Association (Charter Schools, Charter Public Schools, CCSA Advocates for Great Public Schools); CoreCivic (CoreCivic of Tennessee, CCA Of Tennessee); The Wonderful Company (Roll Global, Paramount Farming, Wonderful Orchards). Some logos are those of a parent company or renamed successor. Tiles with no logo show the company name.

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